Ahren Lester

Moody's: 'Very large overlap' between double materiality and financial materiality

Moody's Investors Service expects that there could be a "very large overlap" between double materiality and the financial materiality...

US SEC amendment to deliver 'proxy access on steroids' for shareholders

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has amended existing rules around shareholders putting forward 'dissident' board members...

$250m 'sustainable nutrition' fund launched by Credit Suisse, JP Morgan

Credit Suisse and JP Morgan Asset Management (JP Morgan AM) have launched a $250 million 'sustainable nutrition' fund which will focus investment on companies that make food systems less carbon intensive.

Loan round-up: TSMC, Leo Pharma, Sun Hung Kai Properties ... and more

'Gender bond' guidance launched

UN Women, International Finance Corporation and International Capital Market Association (ICMA) have published guidance on how issuers can use sustainable bonds to advance gender equality.

Bond round-up: Peru, SGP, BNG, Proximus, Henkel, Stedin, NTT ... and more

COP26 delivered 'more successes than failures', says HSBC

HSBC said the Glasgow Climate Pact was a "balanced outcome" that generally built positively on previous COP agreements...

Asset managers must 'own up' to index fund net-zero problem

Asset managers need to "own up" to the net-zero problem created by their passive index funds and begin to consider closing traditional index funds...

COP26 final pact delivers 'progress, but no breakthrough'

The final Glasgow Climate Pact signed at the COP26 UN climate summit was described as "progress" but a lack of a breakthrough on global climate...

New Zealand to debut sovereign green bond in late 2022

New Zealand has announced it intends to kick-start an "important and enduring" sovereign green bond programme in late 2022...